splitrivet
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| posted on 27/1/12 at 03:34 PM |
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Torque software
Anyone tried the Android Torque software app with a bluetooth obd reader.
Cheers,
Bob
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GRRR
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| posted on 27/1/12 at 03:44 PM |
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I'm sorry, did you say something? I was distracted by your avatar!
I'm considering the Torque app too as I've heard nothing but good things about it. Were you looking at one of the cheapo BT Can interfaces
from Amazon/ebay?
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splitrivet
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| posted on 27/1/12 at 03:54 PM |
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You must be a cyclepath yep the bluetooth jobbies.
Cheers,
Bob
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britishtrident
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| posted on 27/1/12 at 04:36 PM |
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It will sort of work with the cheapo eBay bluetooth dongles but expect a lot of coms errors and not all OBD II functions work, also
don't expect it to work on anything Ford.
The problem is with the almost clone dongles not the Torque software, buy a decent dongle and it will work properly.
Also be aware on some versions of Android on some hardware Bluetooth can be iffy.
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big_wasa
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| posted on 27/1/12 at 05:43 PM |
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It doesnt like my cheap ebay dongle. It works for around 10 seconds then tells me the dongle has to many coms errors.
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woolly
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| posted on 27/1/12 at 07:21 PM |
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yes love torque but only does engine stuff i did buy a expensive obd BT thing from
http://www.obdkey.com/index.asp
works well on my 52 plate merc and 54 mondeo (pluged it in on the road test before buying)
the paid for ver is updated regularly clears fault codes and monitors in real time very handy.
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locogeoff
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| posted on 27/1/12 at 10:47 PM |
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I use it with a cheepo adapter and have had no issues, you can slow the comms down if you're getting a lot of errors. I've connected to
Freelanders, and Jaguar X Types without issue. I've got a crappola Vodaphone 845 smartphone to run it on, the software does seem to get lots of
updates with some added features and lots of fixes. It's great for the price.
Regards
Geoff
[Edited on 27/1/12 by locogeoff]
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RoadkillUK
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| posted on 27/1/12 at 10:49 PM |
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Hang on, I'll send my brother in 
Roadkill - Lee
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UncleFista
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| posted on 27/1/12 at 11:02 PM |
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I use one of these with my DHD.
I've only used it with pre OBDII cars and it works fine, it would access much more data with a newer car.
Lots of gizmo's and graphical interfaces, GPS tracking, performance metering, exports to CSV, KML (imports to google earth) etc.
Here's a snap of 1 data stream (was checking my thermostat was opening correctly).
Worth a punt for £12-13
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